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People celebrate the new Suez Canal opening while gathering around Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015. With much pomp and fanfare, Egypt on Thursday unveiled a major extension of the Suez Canal billed by its patron, President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi as a historic achievement needed to boost the country's ailing economy after years of unrest. (Ahmed Abd El-Latif/El Shorouk newspaper via AP)